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I'm just glad that Clemens beat Martinez this time around (in the 1999 ALCS he got blown out of the game at Fenway). I didn't see the game, but most of the accounts I've read on the Web today lean towards the opinion that Martinez was going after Garcia. C'mon, guys, the Bosox ain't no saints either, and I say that as somebody who roots second for them after the Yanks. At least the news from the NLCS is all good--unless you're a Marlins fan!

Call me a literary Luddite--just don't call me at home while I'm reading a good old-fashioned BOOK! E-books

Whoops... I think it was CARAMBA that I bought not too long ago (because it was going OOP) and found plesantly surprising. CHARISMA, CARAMBA, sham-a-lam-a-bamba... as Lon says, they're both good!

Funny you should mention this; I was thinking about this title today when I was reading the "Sonic Boom 2nd session" thread. I bought it not too long ago when it was on the verge of going OOP and was pleasantly surprised. Not a TOMCAT or PROCRASTINATOR date, but better (IMO) than your average Blue Note hardbop-by-the-numbers album. The players alone (Mobley, McLean, Pearson, Chambers, etc.) also attracted me to it.

Ever heard the Paul Bley Trio doing Santa Claus is Coming to Town? Decent uptempo rendition found on the Prestige 'Christmas Collection' LP Thanks, Weizen, I'll hunt around the station and see if we have that one. I also like Bill Evans' version on the Evans Verve box-set, in which he actually sings as well as plays the song. Very tossed-off and humorous, as you can well imagine.

Yes! The Poppins material is just another interesting aspect of this remarkable box. I love what a broad range it has--AFRO-BOSSA, JAZZ VIOLIN, SYMPHONIC ELLINGTON, the big-band covers--you really hear a remarkable variety of concepts and styles, all filtered through a stand-up Ellington orchestra. (Toss in a pretty cool version of "Rhapsody in Blue" while you're at it.) This has actually become one of my favorite Ellington collections.

Yes. I'd file the second session under "Glad to have it because I'm a Morgan fan, but wouldn't go out of my way (i.e., Japan) to get it." So I'm happy that they tucked it into the end of SONIC BOOM. TOM CAT sticks in my mind for some reason--it's probably the Morgan that I go back to the most.

Andrew Hill, PASSING SHIPS (beautiful! Can't wait to A/B it with BEAUTIFUL DAY) Lee Morgan, SONIC BOOM Hank Mobley, THE FLIP Nina Simone, FOUR WOMEN (disc 1) Luke Gillespie, FOOTPRINTS (very good Bloomington/IU faculty jazz pianist)

A Game 7 at Yankee Stadium would be one for the ages--Clemens vs. Martinez, as it stands now (and as it will be tomorrow at Fenway; of course, the last time it was Clemens vs. Martinez at Fenway during the playoffs, the Yanks got clobbered!).

Isn't there alleged to be a tape of a Young/Coltrane practice session floating around somewhere?

GofM: How's the Ambler book? I was thinking of getting a couple the next time I go to the bookstore. Wonderful so far. I'm about 2/3 through; great sense of atmosphere, good dry, semi-sarcastic British wit at times, great renderings of characters, and the story clips along. I'd definitely recommend it to anybody who likes suspense/political intrigue tales.

'Cause they're all jazz, huh, huh!

I'm assuming that Boston's second baseman Todd Walker, being a baseball player, has been a fan as well for some time. Why, then, would he say something like this? Uh--how many times, in any sport, have you seen statements like this come back to bite the speaker right on the jock? (See, not all of us Yankee fans are arrogant... 1982-94 was enough to put a little humility into anybody.)

Well, I thought the box looked cool... but agreed. Another keeper for the Bill Evans Complete on Verve Hall of Fame! I immediately put mine into single slimline jewel cases.

Screw the California recall, guys--is anybody else following the Cubs' game? (I know you are! I'm stuck at work, so I'm tracking it on the computer.) Sosa just pulled a 2001 Yankee playoff moment out of his hat!

Has anybody else noticed what a high posts-to-member ratio this board has compared to the other two? Jazz Corner has 975 members and around 71,000 posts (so just a little over 70 posts per member) and AAJ has 1,050 members and just over 23,000 posts (so, close to 23 posts per member, although this is undoubtedly skewed--I don't think their post count includes all of the posts they lost in their hacking incident). Organissimo has 461 members and over 60,000 posts--roughly 130 posts per member. We are some prolific bastards, aren't we?

OK, I bit on a B & N credit card just to get the $50 Rewards Certificate simply for using the damned thing once. Said certificate finally arrived today & I promptly snapped up this Nina Simone box, which I've been waiting for ever since its announcement a couple of years ago. I'm at work and haven't had a chance to open it yet, but anybody else have this? I like her Phillips work quite a lot and am really looking forward to hearing all of it.

No, but mine nearly fell all over the floor when I opened the box. There were curses-a-plenty about this set's packaging on the ol' BNBB last year when it came out.

But Jim, after they serve the Ravi-oli they'll announce who the murderer is. C'mon, man, don't miss out on the madcap excitement of it all!

How 'bout dem Colts?

Tower has it as a special order as well, in addition to a very expensive import with some bonus tracks: GilIndividualism

The Jazz Record Mart listed this as one of their import Verve cut-outs in their most recent catalog. I tried to order it but was too late... (Did manage to snag a copy of STAN GETZ PLAYS, however, among others.) Still, you might check with them & see if they get it again. If it's a cut-out, though, chances are they won't.

Sonny Criss, CRISSCRAFT (but it's since become available again) All my old Felt LPs The LP of My Bloody Valentine's ECSTASY AND WINE (taped it, but stupid, stupid! I think I was starving that week or something) Still hanging onto... the original 45s of Husker Du's "Eight Miles High" and the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Upside Down/Vegetable Man." (I think I pretty much learned my lesson by the time I got into jazz...)

Thanks, Brownie. These are proving pretty elusive so far... I'm hoping to get more info from the sisters themselves.

I have only one or two of the albums included in this box, so I'll probably be picking it up: MJQPrestigePablo